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• Bloomberg: US GDP reporting

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/bloomberg-us-gdp-reporting/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis made substantial changes to how it defines and measures key components of U.S. gross domestic product.

• Bloomberg: US Government shutdown

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/02/bloomberg-us-government-shutdown/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 2, 2013 A U.S. government shutdown affects everyone to some degree.  Companies with big federal contracts have a special reason to worry.

• How many times a day do you look at your phone?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/how-many-times-a-day-do-you-look-at-your-phone/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 http://www.tecmark.co.

• International Day to End Violence Against Women

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/international-day-to-end-violence-against-women/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 Marked by the UN on 25th November.  This year Orange used a social media campaign for publicity.  S hocking statistics from UNWomen show why this day is necessary.

• Meta-Activism Project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/meta-activism-project/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power.

• Learning Curve- how do education systems rank?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/learning-curve-how-do-education-systems-rank/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 http://thelearningcurve.pearson.com/  New resource from Pearson and the Economist Intelligence Unit.

• Who gives to Higher Education institutions?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/who-gives-to-higher-education-institutions/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 Download the latest  annual  Ross- Cass survey of charitable giving to universities which is carried out by the by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in...

• Women’s roles in peace processes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/womens-roles-in-peace-processes/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 A great site from the  Council on Foreign Relations which has data on female participation from 1990 onwards.

• Incunabula in Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/04/10/incunabula-in-special-collections/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 10, 2014 For a University the size and age of Leicester the Library has a surprising rich collection of incunabula (books printed before 1501).

• Portal on Gender-Based Violence in Africa 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/20/portal-on-gender-based-violence-in-africa/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2024 Created by Alt Advisory, based in South Africa, this website provides information on and mapping of responses to gender-based violence in African nations.